WELCH ARRESTED ON CHARGES INCLUDING AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING
Deputies in Roane County took 54-year-old Billie Joe Welch into custody yesterday. He faces charges of aggravated kidnapping, theft of property and domestic assault. According to the jail database, his bond was initially set at $151,000. Welch is scheduled to make his first court appearance on the offenses later in the year. More details of the circumstances leading to his incarceration be released soon.